Exercise 19-8 Stock options exercise; expirations [LO19-2] Walters Audio Visual Inc. offers an incentive stock option...

Exercise 19-8 Stock options exercise; expirations [LO19-2]

Walters Audio Visual Inc. offers an incentive stock option plan to its regional managers. On January 1, 2018, options were granted for 36 million $1 par common shares. The exercise price is the market price on the grant date—$10 per share. Options cannot be exercised prior to January 1, 2020, and expire December 31, 2024. The fair value of the 36 million options, estimated by an appropriate option pricing model, is $1 per option.

Required:

1. Determine the total compensation cost pertaining to the incentive stock option plan.
2. to 5. Prepare the appropriate journal entries to record compensation expense on December 31, 2018 and 2019. Prepare the appropriate journal entry to record the exercise of 75% of the options on March 12, 2020, when the market price is $11 per share and the entry on December 31, 2024, when the remaining options that have vested expire.

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Determine the total compensation cost pertaining to the incentive stock plan.

On January 1 2018, the total compensation cost

36 million options * $1 fair value per option

$36 million

Prepare the appropriate journal entries to record compensation expense on december 31
General Journal	Debit	Credit
Compensation expense ($36million/2)	$18 million
Paid in capital - Stock Options		$18 million

Journal entry to record the exercise of 75% of the options on March 12,2020, when the market price is $11 per share
General Journal	Debit	Credit
Cash (36 million75%$10 per share)	270
Paid in capital - Stock options (36 million *75%)	27
Common stock		27
Paid in capital - excess in par (Bal.fig)		270

When the remaining option that have expire

General Journal	Debit	Credit
Paid-in- capital- stock options ($36million - $27million)	$9
Paid-in-capital - expiration of stock options		$9

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